Paid a visit to the new location for the What's Cookin' night. Russ Chandler from the Walthamstow Folk club was playing banjo and performed an interesting rendition of Pale Blue Eyes by the Velvet Underground. I don't think I've ever heard V/U songs played on the banjo before. Steve White and the Protest Family played a political set to an enthusiastic SWP audience. With this vibe thick in the air, I was beginning to wonder if the recent recession was transporting us back to the 1970s…
